I Don't Want to Talk About It

By Jeanie Ransom, Kathryn Kunz Finney (illustrator),

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When a child's parents tell her they have decided to divorce, the last thing she wants to do is talk about it. Instead, she wants to roar as loud as a lion so she can't hear their painful words, or turn into a fish and hide her tears in theā€¦

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I frequently use this childā€™s book to help young children cope with the divorce of their parents. Too often, Iā€™ve found, parents donā€™t know how to talk to their children about divorce, and even more often, children donā€™t know how to talk to their parents about their feelings and what they may see as the end of their family. I Donā€™t Want to Talk About It follows a young girl who just doesnā€™t want to talk about her fears and painful feelings when she discovers that her parents are divorcing. However, with the gentle help of her parents, she isā€¦

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